A small and intimate izakaya with a personal atmosphere. Although advance reservations were recommended, the restaurant was not fully booked for a Saturday dinner service. The quality of the food was mixed. The seafood dishes, including the oysters and sashimi, as well as the broiled miso-marinated cod, were well prepared and enjoyable. However, the stir-fried venison was quite tough. Pricing was unexpectedly high relative to the portion sizes. The total cost was approximately ¥9,000 per person (for a group of two adults and one teenage girl, tax included), yet the portions were insufficient and left us still feeling hungry. (… and yes, the pics are ALL the food that we ate) (with 1x highball & 3 cups of ocha) - Ocha was not refillable.

+3

Came by luck. 5.50pm and I was at the door just as they turned the sign from closed to open. It’s in this cute, rustic little hut. Food and people were great. Corn and shrimp tempura, sashimi, chicken cartilage were all yummy!

This izakiya place is small but food was quite good, staff were able to understand some level of English so it was easy for us to order. Their fried food was delicious, they do have a decent range of selection on drinks and food.

+3

Lovely little Izakaya in Hirafu town. We had so many dishes I had to think long and hard about which my favourites were. Food in order of deliciousness. 1. The place is tiny so book ahead. 2. Shot of the exterior 3. Never say no to thick cuts of sashimi. This Maguro looked especially nice. 4/5. Garlic Beef hot plate. It actually wasn't tender but the flavour was really good. Juicy and fatty umami. 6. Basic house salad with yummy tomatoes. Super refreshing. 7. Deep fried octopus bites. Yum. 8. Prawn tempura was actually pretty good too. Nice meaty prawn 9. I always enjoy tofu salad. Served cold and clean tasting. 10. These deep fried sweet corn was unexpectedly good. 11. Jap oysters were fresh but lacked creaminess. 12. Grilled beef tongue. Amazing texture. 13. Grilled salmon belly was really good, and dripping with fat 14. One thing I noticed about Saba fish in Japan. I much prefer the Singapore ones which are frozen and salty. The texture here is better but the flavour is blander and loaded with too many small bones to enjoy 15. Suntory my regular go to drink when in Japan. 16. A funny sign in how to enjoy Niseko / rules for foreigners.

+3

Good izakaya place which can hold a large group. There were 8 of us. Need to make a reservation in advance though. Affordable price for food and alcohol. My fav was salmon and sashimi. Oden was not too bad too.

+3